Posted on 12/09/2007 9:55:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv
In Egypt's southwest corner, straddling the borders of Sudan and Libya, the elegant paintings of prehistoric man and beast in the mountains of Gilf Kabir and Jebel Ouenat are as stunning in their simplicity as anything by Picasso... the desert offers little sanctuary for these masterpieces and any effective protected designation first requires a deal between the three sometimes quarrelsome nations... "You can't estimate the amount of damage done," says Dr Rudolph Kuper, a German archaeologist involved in trying to protect the art, mostly dating from when the desert was a receding prairie 5,000-7,000 years ago. "People put water or oil on the paintings to make the faded colours look brighter, causing irreparable damage," he says. The story is even more tragic just across the border in Libya, where the delicate brush strokes of human figures at Ain Dua appear to have been shot at by bored soldiers. Nearby, a painted cave is filled with rubbish while outside a giant portrait of Bob Marley shimmers garishly in the white of the desert... Even more recent artefacts like the world's westernmost example of ancient hieroglyphics known as Meri's rock, to the northeast of Gilf Kabir, have not gone unscathed by the passage of modern man... Last year, someone embellished the ancient writings with a giant engraving of a topless woman.
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Is this algore practicing his shakespeare?
‘Oldest’ Wall Painting Looks Like Modern Art
The Telegraph (UK) | 10-11-2007 | Roger Highfield
Posted on 10/11/2007 4:31:49 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909902/posts
Temple built 4,000 years ago unearthed in Peru
Reuters | 10 Nov 2007 | Marco Aquino
Posted on 11/11/2007 11:50:06 AM EST by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924160/posts
Peru Temple, Mural Hints At Complexity (2,000BC)
AP | 12-13-2007 | Leslie Josephs
Posted on 11/13/2007 5:59:48 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1925282/posts
Pre-Mayan cave paintings found in Mexico
Nerve News | 15 Nov 2007 | Nerve News
Posted on 11/17/2007 8:04:54 PM EST by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927332/posts
great site for desert rockart images:
‘This website is dedicated to the Libyan Desert (or Eastern Sahara), one
of the least explored and most strikingly beautiful places on this planet.’
would be nice if they could find some sort of protective coating for them or build a shelter
Wonder if they have ‘sand roses’ in this desert? Friend gave me 5 of them, they are so neat.
Wonder if they have 'sand roses' in this desert? Friend gave me 5 of them, they are so neat.Well, they used to have 'em. In fact, they had five of 'em... hey, wait a minute...
Thanks!
If it were Al, he’d be bent over, pointing his own spear in his face.
LOL..... have you ever seen one? Mine came from Saudi.
I posted my reply on your other Egyptology thread before I saw this one. LOL
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